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AC 2024: Health Opportunities, Special Offerings, and Briefing Session

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🩺 Health Opportunities

A variety of health services and activities will be available during the Annual Conference!

  • The Shepherd’s Care Medical Clinic Bus will be on-site Thursday, June 13 and Friday, June 14, offering primary care for all walk-in visits.
  • Free Health Screenings provided by ECU Health will be available June 13 from 9 am – 4 pm.
  • HealthFlex insurance participants can join the Blueprint for Wellness Screening on June 14 from 6 am – 10 am, to earn up to $100 in Pulse Cash. Register by May 31 through the Virgin Pusle app.
  • Participate in the AC 2024 Outreach Project by creating or bringing supplies for Menstrual Hygiene Kits.
  • Pick up a calming strip, adult coloring sheets, and crayons, access prayer stations, and other helpful information at the Health Team display table at the Annual Conference!

Learn More→

💻 Briefing Session

Join us on May 29 at noon for the AC 2024 Briefing Session.

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❤️ Special Offerings

At Annual Conference 2024, two opportunities to support ministry in our North Carolina connection and beyond!

  • Thursday – The Gary Wayne Locklear Mission Endowment focuses on emerging needs related to health, wellness, and abundant life, economic resources for fullness of life, education, and spiritual vitality found in Jesus Christ.
  • Saturday – Professors of Methodism, a special endowed fund supporting theological educators at 30 United Methodist-related schools outside the United States.

Learn How You Can Give→

🗓️ Important Dates & Information

Below you will find information and deadlines relating to Annual Conference 2024. Please continue to visit the AC 2024 website or download the app for more details.

Celebrating 2024 Graduates

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Bishop Shelton celebrates graduates and shares an opportunity for a scholarship from the Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry.

The Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry is happy to offer four college students the chance to receive a $500 scholarship! To be eligible, a student must be listed in the High School Seniors/College Students Charge Conference Report in the Online Data Collection System with their anticipated college or submit their information via a form available at the Annual Conference gathering in June.

Download the video to share in your services. If you do not have video capabilities, view and read the transcript.

Read the transcript→

2024 Summer Camps

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Pastor families, are you looking for summer opportunities for your children and youth? Sign up for Summer Camp!

NC Conference United Methodist pastors can receive a 50 percent discount on one week of camp for each of their children at one of Camp and Retreat Ministries’ amazing residential summer camps!

The kids will enjoy a week of faith-filled fun and friendships at Camp Chestnut Ridge, Camp Don Lee or Camp Rockfish. Some sessions are full but there is still good availability for many weeks. Contact the camp you wish to attend or check out their website and register today. To receive the discount, you will need to let the camp know you should receive the pastor discount. Secure your spot today!

Don Lee Camp and Retreat Center

Camp Chestnut Ridge 

Camp Rockfish

Embrace Your Call as a Lay Person – Join us June 1 for the Day of Discovery!

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Do you have a ministry idea that you would like to implement at your church? Are you feeling God’s nudge to make a deeper commitment to service within your community as a lay person? 

Certified lay ministers (CLMs) are laity who have said “yes” to God’s call to intentional, long-term ministry as a lay person in the local church. Some CLMs serve as lay pastors of congregations. Most CLMs serve within their own congregation, and their ministries take many different forms—from assisting with visitation to preaching, leading small groups, running a food pantry, or creating an outreach ministry to meet needs in the community.  

You do not need to have all of the answers (or even any answers!) to take this first step. The CLM candidate training program is designed to deepen your daily spiritual practices, provide the structure and accountability you need to build relationships for team discernment in your local church, and equip you with the tools and training you need to say “yes” to God’s call on your life. 

If you are feeling a nudge from God to make a deeper commitment to ministry in the local church, we invite you to join us for a Day of Discovery, Saturday, June 1, 10am-3pm, at the NC Conference Building in Garner. We’ll share about the CLM Candidate Training Program and what it means to be a certified lay minister in our conference. Lunch is provided free of charge for all registrants.

Register for the Day of Discovery

Creation Care District Trainings

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Last year, both the North Carolina and Western NC Conferences passed similar resolutions urging local churches to form creation care teams or begin (or continue) creation care ministries. To assist local churches, both Conferences have rolled out a collaborative training workshop across the state.

Rev. Jarrod Davis, Creation Ministries Coordinator for NCC and WNCC, is leading these trainings. Topics that will be covered include the theological basis for a creation care ministry, practical tips for getting started with or ways to grow a creation care ministry team in the local church; and resources available for helping with the process. There will be an opportunity for questions following the presentation.

Half of the Districts in the NCC have already held their trainings, but there are two opportunities left. If you missed your District’s training, you are welcome to sign up for another District’s training.

District training dates are below; please click on the link for your district to go to the registration page. There is a Zoom option for each training.

Beacon/Sound District Training, May 28, 10:00-11:30, via Zoom.

Corridor/Heritage District Training, June 1, 10:00-11:30, Mt. Sylvan UMC (5731 N Roxboro St, Durham, NC).

AC 2024: Disciple Making, Leader Forming, and Peace Building

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Annual Conference 2024 will be at the Greenville Convention Center in Greenville, NC, on June 13-15, 2024.

The theme is Disciple Making, Leader Forming, and Peace Building. Bishop Connie Mitchell Shelton will preside over the conference with the assistance of Bishop Paul Leeland, Conference Secretary Rev. Dr. Gray Southern, and Conference Lay Leader John Hall.

📢 Annual Conference Speakers

We have a wonderful lineup of speakers scheduled for Annual Conference.

Bishop Connie Mitchell Shelton

Along with presiding over the conference, Bishop Shelton will preach during Opening Worship on Thursday.

Rev. Dr. Sangwoo Kim

Rev. Dr. Sangwoo Kim is the Associate Dean for Vocational Formation, the Senior Director of the Methodist House, and an Administrative Faculty member at Duke Divinity School.

Rev. Kim will preach during the Ordering of Ministry Service on Saturday morning.

Rev. Jon Strother

Rev. Jon Strother is the District Superintendent in the Beacon and Sound Districts.

Rev. Strother will preach during the Memorial Service on Friday morning.

Rev. Molly White

Rev. Molly White serves at Hayes Barton UMC in Raleigh, NC.

Rev. White will teach during the Peace-Building plenary session on Friday afternoon.

Bishop Paul Leeland

Bishop Paul Leeland

Bishop Paul Leeland will be at Annual Conference assisting Bishop Shelton.

Rev. Jeff Campbell

Rev. Jeff Campbell is the Chief Executive Officer / General Secretary at Discipleship Ministries.

Rev. Campbell will speak on Thursday afternoon.

🗓️ Important Dates & Information

Below you will find information and deadlines relating to Annual Conference 2024. Please continue to visit the AC 2024 website or download the app for more details.

🌎 Outreach Project

This year’s collection of items at Annual Conference in Greenville will center around Menstrual Hygiene Kits. These kits are distributed at times of natural disaster when such supplies are hard to access. Also, kits are distributed in communities in many countries where girls and women are not able to go to school or work because of the lack of access to these items.

We are asking members of Annual Conference to bring completed Menstrual Hygiene Kits to our gathering in June in Greenville. Alternatively, members might bring any of the following items which will become part of the kits at a later time:

 Menstrual Hygiene Kit Materials Needed:

  • Two, 2 oz bottles of hand sanitizer
  • Three, 4-gallon bathroom trash bags
  • 10 tampons (5 regular and 5 super)
    • unscented
  • 10 Sanitary pads (long, super, ultra thin)
    • unscented
  • Bath soap (3oz bar or larger)
    • No Ivory of Jergens soap
    • Do not remove from packaging 
  • One pack of flushable wipes (42 count)
    • unscented
  • Six laundry detergent sheets or vending machine sized detergent boxes
  • One, one-gallon sized resealable bag

Our goal is to have enough materials to make 1,000 kits. The kits will be used locally and globally this year.

Learn How to Complete a Kit→

💟 Thursdays in Black

Annual Conference members are encouraged to wear a black colored outfit in support of “Thursdays in Black” on June 13. Established by the World Council of Churches, this global movement seeks to create for a world without rape and violence.

💻 Briefing Session

Join us on May 29 at noon for the Annual Conference 2024 Briefing Session.

Register Now→

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